DBA Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Database Administrator
South West > Bristol

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Bristol is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 63 77
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 +21
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 3 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.37% 0.52% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.54% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - £621 -
25th Percentile £456 £704 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -38.33% - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +22.22% -2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £61.73
25th Percentile £72.50 - £64.78
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £71.03
75th Percentile £77.50 - £76.10
90th Percentile - - £78.44
South West median hourly rate £75.00 - £71.03
% change year-on-year - - +77.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 756 735 980
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 95.58% 95.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 395 613
10th Percentile £228 £210 £275
25th Percentile £375 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £595 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 103 122
10th Percentile £13.46 £28.79 £35.00
25th Percentile £19.26 £55.88 £58.99
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% - +0.77%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £57.33
% change year-on-year -48.46% +13.38% -11.80%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

DBA job vacancy trend in Bristol

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Bristol

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Bristol

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) OCA
2 2 (66.67%) OCI
2 2 (66.67%) OCP
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle Database 12c
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Database Security
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) SAP

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Database Security
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) OCA
1 2 (66.67%) OCP
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SAP